Quiz (117 points)

MULTIPLE CHOICES. Write the letter of the correct answer. (3 points each)
1. What is the oxidation number of P in H3PO4?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
2. Choose the INCORRECT statement.
A. The heat capacity is the quantity of heat required to change the temperature of the system by one
degree.
B. The specific heat is the heat capacity for one mole of substance.
C. Specific heat is an intensive property.
D. Most metals have low specific heats, as metals can be heated quickly.
3. How much heat is required to raise the temperature of 175 g of aluminum from 21.0C to 145C? The
specific heat of aluminum is 0.903 J g-1 C-1.
A. 19.6 kJ
B. 24.0 kJ
C. 1.27 J
D. 22.9 kJ
4. 100.0 g of nickel at 150 C was placed in 1.00 L of water at 25.0C. The final temperature of the nickelwater mixture was 26.3C. What is the specific heat of the nickel? The specific heat of water is 4.184 J/g
C.
A. 0.14 J/g C
B. 0.13 J/g C
C. 0.55 J/g C
D. 0.44 J/g C
5. 14.0 g of metal at 24.0C has 250 joules of heat added to it. The metal's specific heat is 0.105 J/g C.
What is its final temperature?
A. 25.9 C
B. 146. C
C. 194 C
D. NONE of the above
6. A system absorbs 623 J of heat while doing 457 J of work. What is the value of U?
A. +1080 J
B. -166 J
C. +166 J
D. -1080 J
7. What is the work done in joules by the system when H 2 expands against a constant pressure of
75 atm at 45.3C? The change in volume is 24.0 L.
A. 1.8 103 J
B. -8.2 104 J
C. 8.2 104 J
D. -1.8 105 J
8. Calculate the work needed to make room for products in the combustion of sulfur, S8(s), to SO2(g) at 25
and 1 atm.
A. 0 kJ
B. -2.27 kJ
C. -4.54 kJ
D. -18.2 kJ
9. Calculate the standard enthalpy of formation of Cl-(aq), given the following thermochemical data at 1 atm,
and knowing that the standard enthalpies of formation of H2(g) and H+(aq) are both zero.

HCl(g) H+(aq) + Cl-(aq)

H2(g) + Cl2(g) 2HCl(g)
A. -167.46 kJ/mol
B. +109.47 kJ/mol
C. -17.16 kJ/mol
D. +34.32 kJ/mol
10.
I)
II)
III)
IV)
V)

-75.15 kJ
-184.62 kJ

Which of the following statements are true?

Liquids have more entropy than their solids.
Solutions have more entropy than the solids dissolved.
Gases and their liquids have equal entropy.
Gases have less entropy than their solids.
Entropy of a substance increases as its temperature increases.
A. II), III), and V)
B. I), III), and V)
C. I), IV), and V)
D. I), II), and V)

11. Which of the following processes would result in a decrease in system entropy?
A. melting of an ice cube
B. sublimation of a moth ball
C. evaporation of a puddle of gasoline
D. condensation of water vapor on a cold windshield
12. Predict whether S is positive or negative for the following process:
2 Cl2O7(g) 2 Cl2(g) + 7 O2(g)
A. negative
B. positive
C. There is not enough information to determine.
D. S doesn't change.
13.
I)
II)
III)
IV)
V)

A reaction is spontaneous if:

G is a negative value
both enthalpy and entropy increase
H is negative and S is positive
both enthalpy and entropy decrease
H is positive and S is negative
A. I and III
B. I and II
C. II and V
D. III and IV

Use the following information to answer 14 and 15.

3 N2(g) + 2 O3(g) 6 NO(g)
Hf
0.00
142.2690.37 kJ/mol
S
191.5
237.7210.6 J/mol K
14. What is Grxn for this reaction in kJ at 500 K?
A. 93 kJ
B. 151 kJ
C. 365 kJ
D. -1.00 105 kJ
15. At what temperature range will the reaction be spontaneous?
A. 1204 K
B. < 1204 K
C. 829.9 K
D. < 829.9 K
16. Which of the following orbital designations is impossible?

A.
B.
C.
D.

n=2, l = 0, ml = 0
n=3, l = 0, ml = 0
n=3, l = 1, ml = 1
n=3, l = 3, ml = -3

17. Which of the following sets of quantum numbers is not matched with the orbital designation.
A. n=1, l = 0: a 1s orbital
B. n=2, l = 0: a 2p orbital
C. n=3, l = 0: a 3s orbital
D. n=3, l = 2: a 3d orbital
18. Identify the element with the lowest atomic number for which:
The outermost electron of a particular element has magnetic quantum number, m l, of -1; and The element has
two other electrons that are energy degenerate to the one described by m l = -1.
A. C
B. N
C. P
D. Be
19. Which of the following is the condensed electron configuration for bismuth?
2 14
10
3
A. [Xe]6s 4f 5d 6p
2 14
10
3
B. [Xe]6s 6f 6d 6p
2 14
10
3
C. [Xe]5s 4f 4d 5p
2 12
10
5
D. [Xe]6s 4f 4d 6p
20. Which group has the elements listed in order of increasing atomic radius?
Al, P, Cl, Ar
Rb, Sr, Ca, Mg
N, P, S, Se
Ne, Ar, Cl, Br
21. Which of the following has the smallest radius?
A. Li
+
B. Li
2C. O
2+
D. Be
22. Which of the following species is most likely to accept another electron?
A. Ar
B. O
C. C
D. N
23. Which of the following has the highest second ionization energy?
A. Na
B. Mg
C. Al
D. K
24. Consider the chlorine difluoride molecule, ClF3. Which of the following statements are correct:
I) The molecule is polar.
II) All bonds in this molecule are polar.
III) The central atom has five groups surrounding it.
IV) Molecular geometry is trigonal pyramidal.
A.
B.
C.
D.

I, III, and IV
II, III, IV
II and III
I, II, and III

25. The electron group geometry for SF4 is?

A. Trigonal planar
B. Tetrahedral

C. Trigonal bipyramidal
D. Octahedral
26. Describe the hybridization of the middle carbon in acetone, (CH3)2CO.
A.
B.
C.
D.

sp
2
sp
3
sp
3
sp d

27. Which of the following statements is incorrect according to MO theory?

A. O2 is paramagnetic
2B. O2 is diamagnetic
2C. O2 has a greater bond strength than O2
2+
D. O2 has a greater bond strength than O2
PROBLEM SOLVING. Show complete solution and BOX your final answer.
1. Balance the following reactions. (5 points each)
2a. S + NO3 NO + 3S (acidic)
2+
b. Cu(OH)2 + Zn Cu + Zn (basic)
2. In a coffee-cup calorimeter, 10.00 mL 1.00 M HCl was mixed with 5.00 mL 1.00 M NaOH. The temperature
of the calorimeter increased by 4.00 K. In the same calorimeter, 10.00 mL 1.00 M HA was mixed with 5.00 mL
1.00 M NaOH and the recorded change in temperature was 4.5 C.
Calculate the:
a. heat capacity of the calorimeter (3 points)
b. H for the reaction between NaOH and HA. (3 points)
3. Kenshin immediately performed an experiment after receiving a mixture of two solutions from Kaoru. The
mixture contains 3 ions. Identify the ions (X, Y, Z) present in the unknown solution. The results of his
experiment are listed below. (6 points)
Unknown solution + few drops of 1.0 M NaOH brown precipitate
+ several drops of 1.0 M NaOH
precipitate did not dissolve
Unknown solution + few drops of 1.0 M NH3 brown precipitate
+ several drops of 1.0 M NH3
precipitate did not dissolve; blue supernate
Unknown solution + few drops of 1.0 M Ba(NO3)2 no visible reaction
Unknown solution + 5 drops 1.0 M HNO3, +1 drop 0.1 M KMnO4, + 10 drops toluene pink toluene layer,
orange aqueous layer
4. State the color displayed by each ion in flame test. (1 point each)
2+
a. Cu
2+
b. Ba
+
c. K
+
d. Na
2+
e. Ca
5. Draw the Lewis structures and the resonance structures (if any) of the following compounds. For b indicate
the formal charge of all atoms.
a. Ca(CN)2 (3 points)
b. Cl2SO (6 points)